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encontentXXL Content Management System version 5.1.3072.20026 / contentXXL / support@contentxxl.comhttp://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rssNews.1.20253Plasma research on the ISS<img align="right" alt="" src="http://www.dlr.de/dlr/en/resourceimage.aspx?raid=235561">The plasma crystal experiments are among the most successful research projects on the International Space Station (ISS). The PKE-Nefedov plasma crystal laboratory was one of the first scientific research laboratories on the International Space Station (ISS).http://www.dlr.de/dlr/en/desktopdefault.aspx/tabid-10300/669_read-20253/
Wed, 30 Nov 2016 11:30:00 +0100text/htmlNews.1.20042Testing dexterity in a weightless environment<img align="right" alt="" src="http://www.dlr.de/dlr/en/resourceimage.aspx?raid=233453">Human beings do not always retain the same level of dexterity in a weightless environment as they would on Earth – not even with practice. This is a familiar, yet still mysterious, phenomenon encountered in human spaceflight: what is the reason for the reduced hand-to-eye coordination in space, and what can be done to compensate these performance deficits? http://www.dlr.de/dlr/en/desktopdefault.aspx/tabid-10300/669_read-20042/
Wed, 09 Nov 2016 11:10:00 +0100text/htmlNews.1.17370Aerospace medicine – how do blood vessel cells behave in space?<img align="right" alt="" src="http://www.dlr.de/dlr/en/resourceimage.aspx?raid=208250">On 8 April 2016, at 22:43 CEST, the German SPHEROIDS experiment was launched to the ISS in a Dragon capsule on board a Falcon 9 rocket of the US aerospace company SpaceX. http://www.dlr.de/dlr/en/desktopdefault.aspx/tabid-10300/669_read-17370/
Fri, 08 Apr 2016 23:20:00 +0200text/htmlNews.1.15656Fifteen years of astronauts living together on the ISS<img align="right" alt="ISS Expedition 1" src="http://www.dlr.de/dlr/en/resourceimage.aspx?raid=191732">When astronaut William Shepherd left Earth on 31 October 2000 aboard Space Shuttle Discovery, he made his way to a very special residence. At an altitude of approximately 400 kilometres, it offered an unobstructed view of Earth and no risk of meeting unfriendly neighbours.http://www.dlr.de/dlr/en/desktopdefault.aspx/tabid-10300/669_read-15656/
Fri, 30 Oct 2015 11:20:00 +0100text/htmlNews.1.14598Kontur-2 – Controlling robots remotely from space<img align="right" alt="Oleg Kononenko" src="http://www.dlr.de/dlr/en/resourceimage.aspx?raid=184141">Although only about 400 kilometres separate the Kontur-2 joystick and the German Aerospace Center (Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt; DLR) ROKVISS robot, the remote control operations that took place on 18 August 2015 were truly special: Cosmonaut Oleg Kononenko, flying aboard the International Space Station (ISS) over Earth at 28,000 kilometres per hour, controlled the robot on the ground while in microgravity. The connection between space and Earth is not one-directional – the ROKVISS (Robotic Components Verification on the ISS) sends data back to the joystick when contact forces occur on the ground. At 16:37 CEST (ISS orbit 3775), the metal fingers of the robot moved for the first time – controlled remotely from space. “At that moment, Kononenko not only saw what was happening using a camera, but, through the joystick, felt exactly what was happening with the robot in our laboratory,” says Jordi Artigas from the DLR Institute of Robotics and Mechatronics. In autumn 2015 the first ‘tele-handshake’ will be performed between the ISS and Earth with this technology, when the DLR Robot ‘Space Justin’ remotely shakes hands with someone on Earth from space – with force feedback.http://www.dlr.de/dlr/en/desktopdefault.aspx/tabid-10300/669_read-14598/
Wed, 19 Aug 2015 15:50:00 +0200text/htmlNews.1.14332KONTUR-2 – remote control in space<img align="right" alt="Kontur-2" src="http://www.dlr.de/dlr/en/resourceimage.aspx?raid=186463">The new crew on their way to the International Space Station (ISS) – cosmonaut Oleg Kononenko and astronauts Kimiya Yui and Kjell Lindgren – will be carrying a compact piece of luggage on board the Soyuz spacecraft. The KONTUR-2 joystick developed by the German Aerospace Center (Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt; DLR) is setting off to its new destination. Upon arrival, Kononenko will be responsible for working with the device and in August will operate the ROKVISS (Robotic Components Verification on the ISS) robot installed at the DLR Robotics and Mechatronics Center using the remote control. What makes this special? The cosmonaut will not only see a camera image of the robot sent up from the ground, he will also, at a distance of over 400 kilometres, feel precisely what the robot back on Earth touches. This is enabled by a mechanism in KONTUR-2 that detects exactly how strongly it touches another object, as well as other metrics. The telepresence experiment is designed to give its operator the impression of being on-site at the laboratory – and not in orbit around Earth.http://www.dlr.de/dlr/en/desktopdefault.aspx/tabid-10300/669_read-14332/
Wed, 22 Jul 2015 16:00:00 +0200text/htmlNews.1.13963Plasma research – new laboratory on the ISS in operation <img align="right" alt="" src="http://www.dlr.de/dlr/en/resourceimage.aspx?raid=178753">The International Space Station (ISS) offers a unique opportunity to conduct research in microgravity. Its newest research system – the PK-4 plasma crystal laboratory – has now begun scientific operations in the Columbus module.http://www.dlr.de/dlr/en/desktopdefault.aspx/tabid-10300/669_read-13963/
Fri, 19 Jun 2015 09:00:00 +0200text/htmlNews.1.13098WiSe-Net – tomorrow's technologies in miniature format<img align="right" alt="" src="http://www.dlr.de/dlr/en/resourceimage.aspx?raid=170255">The environmental conditions on board the International Space Station ISS are strictly controlled; there are only very slight variations in temperature, humidity, air pressure and light intensity. http://www.dlr.de/dlr/en/desktopdefault.aspx/tabid-10300/669_read-13098/
Thu, 19 Mar 2015 14:49:56 +0100text/htmlNews.1.12796Farewell, Georges Lemaître – ATV burns up during re-entry<img align="right" alt="" src="http://www.dlr.de/dlr/en/resourceimage.aspx?raid=166686">The final farewell; Georges Lemaître, the fifth and last European Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV) performed a controlled re-entry into Earth’s atmosphere and burned up at around 19:00 CET on 15 February. Its task had been to transport supplies and experiments to the International Space Station (ISS) and to raise and adjust the International Space Station ISS orbit. The era of ATV space transporters has now drawn to a close with its retirement from service – but the expertise gained during their development and operation will live on as part of the European service module fitted to the United States Orion space capsule.http://www.dlr.de/dlr/en/desktopdefault.aspx/tabid-10300/669_read-12796/
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